Dinosaur statue theft 'ridiculous'

The owner of a dinosaur statue, stolen from a Ballarat mini golf business at the weekend, says the act was ridiculous.

The $6,000 model of a triceratops was taken on Sunday and was last seen on the back of a ute travelling through Trentham.

The statue was a prominent feature on the Western Highway near the Ballarat turn-off.

Its creator, Wayne Johnston, says there are reports it has turned up in a potato crop nearby.

"I honestly can't work it out, I mean it's ridiculous ... I don't know what they thought they were ever going to do with it because it's not the type of thing you put in your pool room ... you couldn't hide it and people would see it whatever you did with it I guess," he said.

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